AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 vs Intel Core i9 12900HX
We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 with 12 cores 3.2GHz and Intel Core i9 12900HX with 16 cores 2.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 8 months late
Higher specification of memory (8000 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (256GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.3GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 30MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Intel Core i9 12900HX 's Advantages
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
+12%
2831
Intel Core i9 12900HX
2519
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390
+10%
15953
Intel Core i9 12900HX
14447
General Parameters
Jan 2025
Release Date
May 2022
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Strix Halo
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i9-12900HX
AMD Socket FP11
Socket
BGA-1964
Radeon 8050S
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Ryzen AI Max (Zen 5 (Strix Halo))
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
55 W
Power Consumption
45-55 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
-
CPU Performance
12
Performance Cores
8
24
Performance Core Threads
16
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
12
Total Core Count
16
24
Total Thread Count
24
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
32.0
Multiplier
23x
80 KB per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
64 MB shared
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
LPDDR5x-8000
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
128 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
4
Max Memory Channels
2
256 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
32
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
45 W
-
Graphics Performance
0.74 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
AMD Ryzen™ AI
NPU
-
50 TOPS
Theoretical performance
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